“Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray,
and to give more than we either desire or deserve:

Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,
and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask,

except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.
Amen”

Sometimes, you don’t have the words to pray. Hopefully, this prayer can be useful if you can’t think of what to say. I’ve always fallen back on liturgical and written prayers at times when my mind was a blank.

I love the idea of praying words that faithful saints have spoken through the decades, knowing we speak to the God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.